Takeshi Watabe
Acting
1936-03-21 · Kochi, Japan
was a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually played villains and performed the voices for many anime characters and tokusatsu villains. He is most famous for voicing Kaminari in Doraemon. He took over the ongoing roles of Shingo Kanemoto after his death. Other major roles included Inspector Takao Arizuka in the You're Under Arrest franchise, Naoyuki Kamikurata in Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution, Colonel John Kowen in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, and Director Yachio Tokugawa in Strawberry Eggs. He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, Seiyū Naritai. Watabe was being treated for lung cancer when he died of pneumonia at the age of 74.
Filmography(111)
movieArmored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
as Chief Nehalco · 2009 · 7.5
movieLupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
as Obitaki (voice) · 2007 · 7.0
tvMonster
as Detective (voice) · 2004 · 8.5
movieAquarian Age: The Movie
as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice) · 2003 · 6.0
tvRequiem from the Darkness
as Yahei (voice) · 2003 · 6.2
tvNaruto
as Gamabunta (voice) · 2002 · 8.4
tvMagical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
as Tarou Imamiya (voice) · 2002 · 6.8
tvAquarian Age: Sign for Evolution
as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice) · 2002 · 6.5
tv6 Angels
as Donn Canyon · 2001 · 0.0
movieCase Closed: Countdown to Heaven
as Iwamatsu Ooki (voice) · 2001 · 7.3
tvRune Soldier
as Ila's Father (voice) · 2001 · 6.6
movieZone of the Enders: Idolo
as Barrows (voice) · 2001 · 5.8
tvSalaryman Kintaro
as Genzo Oshima (voice) · 2001 · 6.0
tvAndroid Kikaider
as Shadow Knight (voice) · 2000 · 5.8
tvAmazing Nurse Nanako
as Griffith (voice) · 1999 · 4.4
movieYou're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
as Takao Arizuka (voice) · 1999 · 6.2
movieSeijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger
as Battobas (voice) · 1999 · 5.9
tvCowboy Bebop
as Chessmaster Hex (voice) · 1998 · 8.5
tvSeijuu Sentai Gingaman
as Batbass (voice) · 1998 · 6.7
movieGekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
as Bara Mobile · 1997 · 7.2
tvDenji Sentai Megaranger
as Buta Nejire · 1997 · 8.5
tvYou're Under Arrest!
as Arizuka Takao (Voice) · 1996 · 7.8
movieSanctuary
as Norimoto Isaoka · 1996 · 5.3
tvMidori no Makibaō
as Horie · 1996 · 4.0